Wels|bach burner

Wels|bach burner
Wels|bach burner «WEHLZ bak, -bahk; Germ VEHLS bahkh»,
a gas burner like a Bunsen burner, having an incombustible mantle which becomes incandescent and emits a brilliant light.
╂[< K. Auer von Welsbach, 1858-1929, an Austrian chemist, who invented it]

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  • Welsbach burner — Welsbach Wels bach, a. Of or pertaining to Auer von Welsbach or the incandescent gas burner invented by him. {Welsbach burner}, a burner in which the combustion of a mixture of air and gas or vapor is employed to heat to incandescence a mantle… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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  • Welsbach — Wels bach, a. Of or pertaining to Auer von Welsbach or the incandescent gas burner invented by him. {Welsbach burner}, a burner in which the combustion of a mixture of air and gas or vapor is employed to heat to incandescence a mantle composed of …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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